Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again Hardcover - 2008
by Roger H. Martin
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"I think this is a very good book indeed: extremely readable with a very human story to tell (about the author's journey to rediscover himself and education after facing imminent death) and a message to send (about the role of the liberal arts in our lives as well as our education). Martin employs compelling references to and quotations from the classical texts he read in the St. John's freshman seminar: this is not heavy-handed 'you should read Aeschylus if you want to call yourself educated' stuff, but rather the humble confession of a humanist who knows one is never too old, educated, or experienced to learn something new or again. And that is a message that will always be valuable."--Loren J. Samons II, author of What's Wrong with Democracy: From Athenian Practice to American Worship "Roger Martin has created a riveting narrative of his confrontation with mortality, and, in that encounter, a testimonial to the enduring value of liberal education."--Douglas W. Foard, Executive Secretary (ret.) of Phi Beta Kappa
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- Title Racing Odysseus: A College President Becomes a Freshman Again
- Author Roger H. Martin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 2008-09
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520255418 / 0520255410
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.93 x 0.88 in (21.01 x 15.06 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Cancer - Patients - United States, College presidents - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007051017
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/2008, Page 8
- Library Journal, 08/15/2008, Page 95
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